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Of course not. That's a fake binary. Both, please.

If you're going shopping in a new store, it sure would be handy if you knew where everything was. You don't though. You may have to...

I'm sure you would rather ditch it, because it seems to be at best a lower priority for you than for others around here. We all seem to...

Sometimes a game's design just moves in a direction you don't want to follow. See D&D 5.5.

I don't follow. The points are 1) If the DM is running a fixed world you get access to new possibilities in gameplay; 2) you can't know...

i think that if you agree to sit down to play a game, roleplaying, simulationist or narrative, if part of the core character builder is...

This sounds like the dreaded 100% realism straw man once again. It's all or nothing for that guy.

Does the reason why the GM makes the decisions they do matter in this to you at all? Because it's pretty important to me.

But you are holding them to a standard of realism they have told you they aren't interested in. And even if they were, there is nothing...

I think you're coming on a little strong. How many people even used that maneuver, making it relevant to their play? And how often was...

Like I said, you're welcome to disagree. You and others certainly do. For me, the in-fiction reasons why things happen inform the...

I'm very sorry about your kitty. But don't forget: Burning Wheel not only causes your character to feel afraid based on an on-the-fly...

I think it is healthier to believe that you can control your own emotions and reactions than to believe your emotions control you. I...

Yes, it is subjective. You said it is not happening "because realism". But it is. The fact that it doesn't add to your feeling of...

There's nothing arbitrary about the divide: one is about one's learned abilities and the other is about one's state of mind--emotions...